In your article you talk about the “recording industry” but actually it’s the “music publishing industry” you want to throw some ire at. They are two different, uh, industries. It has only been lately that the publishers have been demanding their due. F’rinstance, going after lyrics sites:

They are a few years behind the recording industry on their litigation fervor, but they are doing one thing smart: they are not whining very publicly like the RIAA. They are just suing without fanfare. I wish somebody like the Macalope would look into this.